Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Vishva Deepak Chaturvedi, Namo Dubey, Vedna Kumari, Ronika Thakur and Piyush Kumar Singh

Abstract:
Green plants produce a wide range of primary and secondary metabolites in different quantity. Chlorophylls are one of the main metabolites responsible for the color of foliage and fruits, particularly when they are still unripe. The spectral properties of chlorophylls are essential in harvesting light energy and in the transduction of absorbed light energy for photosynthesis. Like other plants, the variation of leaf color, as well as photosynthetic activity in soybean, is dependent on chlorophyll concentration. Chlorophyll content affects nutritional deficits, stress, and photosynthetic capacity of the plant per unit area of leaf. The study of chlorophyll content in soybean mutants growing in different treatments at Palampur location district Kangra of Himachal Pradesh has shown some variability among them as an individual character.